Highland Community College in Highland, KS is celebrating the 160th anniversary of its founding in 1858 with a charter granted by the Kansas Territorial Legislature. Highland Presbyterian Academy founded the previous year served as a foundation for the new institution. The academy and small community that grew up around it served as a mission to Native Americans in the area.
There have been a number of changes in name during the institution's history:
- 1857 - Highland Presbyterian Academy
- 1858 - Highland University
- 1910 - Highland College
- 1921 - Highland Junior College
- 1929 - Northeast Kansas Junior College
- 1937 - Highland Public Junior College
- 1959 - Doniphan County Junior College
- 1965 - Highland Community Junior College
- 1980 - Highland Community College
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